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  • Comoros volcano erupts - Mt. Karthala

    05/29/2006 9:28:29 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 573+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 5/29/06 | AFP
    MORONI (AFP) - A volcano overlooking the town of Moroni in the Comoros island group off East Africa started to erupt, creating a red cloud over its crater. But there was no immediate danger, said local police, who set up a special team to keep the situation under observation. "The eruption is confined to the crater and there is no lava flow," said an officer. But he warned: "There was no tremor before the eruption, and this is a cause for concern." The volcano, called Karthala, is 15 kilometres (nine miles) from Moroni, the Comoros capital situated on Grand Comoro,...
  • Geology Picture of the Week, December 4-10, 2005: Karthala Eruption Menaces Comoros Islands

    12/05/2005 2:47:12 PM PST · by cogitator · 2 replies · 509+ views
    The article is linked above, with a link to a larger version of this image: Here are a couple of other images of Karthala (these may load slow; they're from the April 2005 eruption): Karthala apparently dominates Grand Comore like Haleakala dominates Maui: